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What gets measured, gets done

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Super fund consultants urged trustees to "sweat the detail" of how they measure fund strategy outcomes or risk failing to complete their strategies on time and on budget. Adrian Johnstone, managing director of Sequential Project Services, noted research ...

Super should not be compulsory: Cox

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... advocate and social activist, said super should not be compulsory for all Australians - and lambasted the industry for failing to meet the savings needs of the wider Australian public. Debating on whether SG should be raised from its current 9 per cent ...

Europe fails at fee disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
The European fund industry is failing the fees transparency test - while Australian fund managers are facing their own woes when it comes to unbundling fund costs, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. According to the "Ideal Fund - Reengineering the ...

Perth fund manager gets wind up orders

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
ASIC has obtained court orders to wind up Perth-based Finchley Central Funds Management for failing to comply with its obligations under the law. On 22 September 2009, ASIC obtained orders from the Federal Court in Perth to wind up Finchley Central ...

The invisible issue in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Elizabeth Broderick, sex discrimination commissioner, has criticised the Henry Review and Harmer Pension Review for failing to address the superannuation gap for women. Speaking at the Sydney Institute, Broderick, who is also commissioner responsible ...

FTSE4Good deletes 15 from series

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... index series review resulted in 15 companies mostly based in Japan and the US being deleted from the series typically for failing to meet human and labour rights and environmental criteria. Japan-based companies Canon, Ibiden, Koito Manufacturing, Stanley ...

FSA fines firm for bad advice

FSA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
UK-based Financial Services Authority (FSA) fined a financial advice firm $27,000 for failing to match client appetite for risk with appropriate investment products. The regulator found the Henry Neil practice advised clients to sell segments of existing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... index gained 46.9 points, or 1.06 per cent, to 4464.4. NEW YORK - US stocks drifted to a slightly positive close after failing to hold onto a brief surge after stronger-than-expected home sales data. After opening modestly lower, the major indices rose ...

Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... nomination of Chairman Ben for a second four-year term. No surprises here despite the American public's angst at Ben for failing to stop the collapse of Lehman, which led to the financial market rout, which led to the recession, which led to them losing ...

UN PRI gets tough and de-lists signatories

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) is kicking out around six signatories next month for failing to fulfill their reporting duties. James Gifford, executive director of the PRI, said the signatories would be de-listed after ...